malum
Noun
Meaning
An evil. See Mala.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
failure
error
crime
evil
wrong
injury
offense
fault
breach
injustice
felony
lapse
misdemeanor
iniquity
impropriety
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The courts used the concept of malum in se to develop various common law offences.
They regard a "crime malum in se" as inherently criminal; whereas a "crime malum prohibitum" (the argument goes) counts as criminal only because the law has decreed it so.